OKPLAC
Parents can be the partners and advocates that public school educators need. We celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with a review of our recent #oklaed Twitter chat.
Ask a Teacher: Ideas to Recruit & Retain Oklahoma Teachers
OKPLAC & Betty Collins — Union Public Schools Teacher
As grassroots parent advocates, OKPLAC deeply values our public school teachers and all they bring to our kids every day.
We are also very worried about them and the teaching profession.
There is too much toxic rhetoric out there directed at our teachers, too much legislative interference with teaching, and too little pay and support for the important work they do.
The Time is Now: Save Teachers for the Good of Students
Meredith Exline — Former OK Central PLAC leader, former Edmond Public Schools board member
As a parent, what do you think most jeopardizes the future of our children’s education? Watch this short video created in 2016 by OK Central PLAC, before they grew into the united, statewide effort now known as OKPLAC.
To Improve Education, We Must Listen to Teachers & Students
Lorrie Bamford, Deer Creek School Board Member
As a sitting School Board Member for the Deer Creek Public School District, we had a patron recently yell at us from the podium during the public speaking portion of the business meeting, “Who in the hell do you think you are?” I am certain her question was rhetorical; nonetheless, I have often thought about my answer since that meeting.